Santiago Rodriguez (pianist)
Santiago Rodriguez (born February 16, 1952) is a Cuban-American pianist. Rodriguez is an exclusive recording artist for Élan Recordings.Mangan (March 8, 1991) His Rachmaninov recordings received the Rosette award in ''The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music'' and he is a silver medalist in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Background Rodriguez was born in Cárdenas, Cuba, and began piano studies at age four with Nelson DeBerge. When Rodriguez was eight years old, he and his brother became part of Project Peter Pan, a project sponsored by Catholic Charities which brought Cuban children to America during Fidel Castro’s regime. Although his parents originally thought that they would be quickly reunited, it took six years for the parents to immigrate to America. He continued his piano lessons while living in the orphanage in New Orleans supported by money that his mother had sewn in his coat. When he was ten years old, Rodriguez debuted with the New Orleans Sy ...
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